Maxwell Plummer

I'm a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in mathematics at Rice University, advised by Chris Leininger. Before Rice I completed a B.S. in mathematics at the University of Utah (graduated 2022). My interests are broadly in geometric topology and geometric group theory. More specifically, I like to think about free-by-cyclic groups, Out(F_n), 3-manifolds, and pseudo-Anosov homeomorphisms.

My email is msp15[at]rice[dot]edu

You may have seen me at...

SLMath Summer Graduate School "Topological and Geometric Structures in Low Dimensions" (July 2025)

GTA: Philadelphia 2025 (May 2025)

The 53rd Barrett Lectures (May 2025)

GTA: Philadelphia 2024 (June 2024)

St. Louis Topology Conference (May 2024)

Texas Geometry and Topology Conference (November 2023)

Wasatch Topology Conference (October 2023)

Groups Around 3-Manifolds at CRM (June 2023)

Redbud Topology Conference (April 2023)

BRIDGES (June 2022)

Auburn University REU  (June-July 2021)